Southeastern Alaska. —Recovery areas within 

 southeastern Alaska, including the Yakutat area, 

 have been combined in one chart (Fig. 17). Most 

 recoveries came from tagging north of lat. 50°N and 

 east of long. 155°W. A small group of recoveries was 

 from the area between lat. 46° N and 49° N and 

 between long. 153°W and 161 °W. Three recoveries 

 came from as far west as waters off the central Aleu- 

 tian Islands near long. 175°W, indicating extensive 

 migrations for some of these fish at least in some 

 years. 



British Columbia. — Recoveries in British Colum- 

 bia from offshore tagging were shown according to the 

 major sockeye salmon producing areas (Figs. 18-20). 

 Nass River recoveries (Fig. 18) were virtually all from 

 tagging in the Gulf of Alaska east of long. 155°W and 

 north of lat. 52°N. A single recovery came from the 

 central Aleutian Islands area, long. 176°42'W and lat. 

 49°47'N. Skeena River tag recoveries were from 

 offshore areas similar to those of the Nass River with 

 the exception that Skeena River fish extended 

 somewhat farther south (Fig. 18). Central British 

 Columbia recoveries (Fig. 19) came from high-seas 

 areas somewhat farther south than those of the Nass 

 and Skeena rivers but showed generally the same dis- 

 tribution. The distribution of fish from Rivers and 

 Smith inlets (Fig. 19) was similar to that of recoveries 

 in central British Columbia, and the center of tag 

 abundance for these areas was south of Nass and 

 Skeena river stocks. Additional recoveries came from 

 tagging around Vancouver Island. A single recovery 

 from tagging at approximately long. 165°W (at lat. 

 49°N) was the second westernmost point of tagging for 

 a recovery in British Columbia. 



Sockeye salmon from the Fraser River, including 

 recoveries made in the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the 

 Salmon Banks fishing area (U.S. waters in northern 

 Puget Sound), are shown in Figure 20. The ocean dis- 

 tribution of these fish primarily was the central part 

 of the northeastern Pacific, with most recoveries com- 

 ing from tagging between lat. 47°N and 56°N and 

 between long. 139°W and 155°W. The westernmost 

 tagging point for Fraser River fish was near long. 

 164°W (at about lat. 49°N). Although the distribution 

 of important British Columbia sockeye salmon stocks 

 overlapped in the northeastern Pacific Ocean, the 

 center of abundance of the various stocks from north- 

 to-south in the ocean appeared to be related to the 

 north-to-south geographical location of their spawn- 

 ing region. 



Washington State. — A small number of sockeye 

 salmon of the Columbia River (a relatively minor 

 stock) were recovered from scattered tagging locations 

 in the northeastern Pacific (Fig. 20). These fish ex- 

 tended north to approximately lat. 55°30'N (at long. 

 144°W) and westward to about long. 153°W (at lat. 

 49°N). 



High-Seas Recoveries in Year Tagged 



High-seas recoveries of tagged sockeye salmon in 

 the year tagged (almost all by the Japanese 

 mothership salmon fishing fleet) are shown grouped in 

 large divisions of the ocean. Recoveries in the Okhotsk 

 and Bering seas (Fig. 21) were primarily of salmon 

 tagged off the central Aleutian Islands, although a few 

 came from tagging locations in the Bering Sea and the 

 northwestern Pacific Ocean. Recoveries in the western 

 North Pacific (Fig. 22) were mainly of salmon tagged 

 within the area or adjacent to it. One recovery was 

 made of a fish tagged as far east as long. 159° W at lat. 

 48°30'N. Recoveries made in the central and western 

 North Pacific (recovery areas 28, 31-34) and including 

 four recoveries made east of long. 175° W (areas 35-38) 

 were mainly from tagging locations in the central and 

 western North Pacific (Fig. 23). Three fish recovered 

 in this area came from the northeastern Pacific at 

 long. 143°W (at lat. 50°N) and long. 144°W (at lat. 

 48°N). 



Coastal Recoveries Subsequent to 

 Year of Tagging 



Recoveries of tagged sockeye salmon in coastal 

 areas subsequent to year of tagging indicate beyond 

 doubt that the fish were immature at time of tagging. 

 Recoveries, therefore, provide some insight into the 

 distribution of the salmon as immatures. 



Asian stocks (Fig. 24). — Only three sockeye 

 salmon recoveries were made in Asia subsequent to 

 the year of tagging. Two fish recovered in the 

 Kamchatka River were tagged south of Adak Island 

 and south of Kiska Island (Fig. 24). Another fish, 

 recovered in the Karaginskii District, was tagged near 

 long. 164°E and lat. 49°N. 



North American stocks (Figs. 25-29).— North 

 American recoveries of tagged fish subsequent to the 

 year of tagging were much more numerous than Asian 

 recoveries and came from broad areas of the ocean 

 (Fig. 25). The two main areas contributing to the 

 recoveries were in the northeastern Pacific Ocean and 

 off the Aleutian Islands. 



Northern and western AUiska. — Most western 

 Alaska recoveries of sockeye salmon tagged as im- 

 matures came from tagging near the central Aleutian 

 Islands (Fig. 26). A few were from the northeastern 

 Pacific Ocean in the general vicinity of lat. 50°N and 

 long. 150°W, and some returns were from taggings in 

 the Bering Sea. These recoveries illustrated that im- 

 mature sockeye salmon from western Alaska inhabit 

 broad areas of the ocean much the same as the matur- 

 ing fish from this area. 



Central Alaska. — The area south of the Alaska 

 Peninsula and Kodiak Island (Fig. 27) produced 



